Cyprus Emergency

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The Cyprus Emergency was a 1955–1959 anti-colonial insurgency against British rule led primarily by the EOKA organization, which sought union of Cyprus with Greece and resulted in significant political and military upheaval on the island.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-colonial insurgency ⓘ
armed conflict ⓘ
guerrilla war ⓘ
alsoInvolved Greece ⓘ
NATO (diplomatic context) ⓘ
linked to: NATO

Turkey ⓘ
Turkish Cypriot community ⓘ
linked to: Turkish Cypriots
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
conflictType counter-insurgency campaign ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
consequence continued dispute over enosis and partition ⓘ
creation of power-sharing arrangements between Greek and Turkish Cypriots ⓘ
independence of Cyprus in 1960 ⓘ
countryInvolved Cyprus ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
endCause Zürich and London Agreements ⓘ
endTime 1959 ⓘ
goal end of British rule in Cyprus ⓘ
enosis (union of Cyprus with Greece) ⓘ
linked to: Enosis with Greece
governorDuringConflict Hugh Foot ⓘ
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ⓘ
insurgentIdeology Greek Cypriot nationalism ⓘ
anti-colonialism ⓘ
insurgentOrganization EOKA ⓘ
leaderOfInsurgents Georgios Grivas ⓘ
legalStatus state of emergency declared by British authorities ⓘ
location Cyprus ⓘ
mainBelligerent British Armed Forces ⓘ
Colonial Government of Cyprus ⓘ
EOKA ⓘ
Greek Cypriot nationalists ⓘ
notableEvent EOKA bombing campaign ⓘ
assassinations of British officials and collaborators ⓘ
executions of EOKA members by British authorities ⓘ
inter-communal tensions between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots ⓘ
mass detentions and internment without trial ⓘ
torture and ill-treatment allegations against British forces ⓘ
use of emergency regulations by British colonial administration ⓘ
opponent EOKA ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
partOf decolonization of the British Empire ⓘ
relatedTo British Empire ⓘ
Cyprus conflict ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus dispute

Cyprus dispute ⓘ
Greek nationalism ⓘ
Turkish Cypriot nationalism ⓘ
result end of British colonial rule in Cyprus ⓘ
establishment of the Republic of Cyprus ⓘ
startTime 1955 ⓘ
timePeriod Cold War ⓘ

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RAF Akrotiri → usedDuringConflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
No. 84 Squadron RAF → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
subject linked to: 84 Squadron RAF
British colonial administration in Cyprus → notableEvent → EOKA insurgency (1955–1959) ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus Emergency
Westland Wessex → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
41 Commando → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Cyprus dispute → relatedTo → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Ferret armoured car → conflictUsedIn → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
subject linked to: Ferret armoured cars
British forces → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Enosis with Greece → linkedEvent → EOKA insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus Emergency
Evangelos Grivas → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Enosis movements in Cyprus → keyEvent → EOKA insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus Emergency
Enosis movements in Cyprus → relatedTo → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
EOKA → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Georgios Grivas → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Zürich and London Agreements → predecessor → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Governor of Cyprus → associatedWithEvent → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
Governor of Cyprus → associatedWithEvent → EOKA insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Cyprus Emergency
John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton → conflict → Cyprus Emergency ⓘ
subject linked to: John